Oscars on Display
He's the little fellah that every star longs to take home. Cuba Gooding Jr. says, "It's an experience I highly recommend."
Cuba got that experience when he won for "Jerry Maguire." Now, he's given his Oscar back to the academy for a display celebrating the statues 75 years. He says, "I said, ‘Sure, I know if I give it to you it’ll be safe.’"
But Halle Berry, who won just last year for "Monsters Ball," wasn’t so sure, according to curator Ellen Harrington. She says, "I went to her house and she came downstairs cradling it and said, ‘Bring my baby back to me.’"
Now, it’s on display with dozens of historic Oscars. There is the one for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" with seven tiny statues. And then there is the most unusual of all. Harrington explains, "We have a wooden Oscar, given out to Edgar Bergen, Candace Bergen’s father, for the creation of Charlie McCarthy the wooden dummy."
Even a wooden Oscar is as good as gold.
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